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A petition which calls for fixed speed cameras on the Humber Bridge will be considered on Friday.
Driver, Kerry Griffin, initiated the petition on change.org aiming it at the Humber Bridge Board and the Safer Roads Humber Partnership.
The limit on the bridge is 50mph, reducing to 30mph at the toll booths.
Griffin argues: "There are drivers who do not stick to this limit and often tailgate the drivers in front to make those cars increase their speed beyond 50mph. When there's an accident caused by poor driving, in which speed is often a factor, it may close one lane, if not both of them, going north or southbound. This causes queues of traffic trying to get to work, or going home to their families after work, as they have to wait for emergency services and recovery vehicles to attend."
She added: "Accidents may involve damage to the road surface or crash barriers, which in turn have to be repaired, causing more delays."
Joined: 12/09/2002 14:25:05 Posts: 141 Location: Hampshire, United Kingdom
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Petition For Humber Bridge Speed Cameras
News Team wrote:
"When there's an accident caused by poor driving, in which speed is often a factor..."
The petition might have some credibility if there was any actual evidence quoted, rather than just weasel words like "often".
How many accidents have there actually been, and in how many of those was the main causal factor a vehicle driving in excess of the posted speed limit? What were the other causes of accidents, and how often did they occur? Is a speed camera the most effective way of enforcing the speed limit?
Or is this just the chanting of that old brainless mantra "speed kills", with no real facts to back it up? _________________ Philip
Joined: Apr 28, 2014 Posts: 67 Location: Cambridge UK
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 12:56 am Post subject: Re: Petition For Humber Bridge Speed Cameras
Philip wrote:
News Team wrote:
"When there's an accident caused by poor driving, in which speed is often a factor..."
The petition might have some credibility if there was any actual evidence quoted, rather than just weasel words like "often".
How many accidents have there actually been, and in how many of those was the main causal factor a vehicle driving in excess of the posted speed limit? What were the other causes of accidents, and how often did they occur? Is a speed camera the most effective way of enforcing the speed limit?
Or is this just the chanting of that old brainless mantra "speed kills", with no real facts to back it up?
It would be a disgrace if cameras were introduced thanks to a petition like this. Perhaps another one that seeks randomised control data for the actual benefit of speed limits an camera enforcement ought to be started...?
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:52 am Post subject:
The problem, as I see it, with 'ad hock' petitions is that the ayes will sign it and the nays will not, thus the result is overwhelmingly eyes. The first question should perhaps be "Do you use the Humber bridge" and if the answer is No, then any further answer is ignored. But often, there is no opportunity to give a negative answer.
The deployment of speed cameras should be based on facts, not 'likes onTwitFace'. Is speeding on the bridge actually the reason for the accidents, or is it something else that would have happened regardless of whether it happened on any speed limited stretch of road and not associated with excess speed.
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